Cree Star Stories

Jesse Rae Archibald Barber is sharing a series of his poems inspired in part by Cree Star Stories. These stories are oral traditions about the origins of the constellations and our spiritual connections to the land and the cosmos. This series is in Cree and English.

Language(s): Cree

  • » Jesse Barber

  • April 28, 2022

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Wesakacak Braids the Sun
Wesakacak Braids the Sun

In “wîsahkêcâhk Braids the Sun,” Jesse Archibald-Barber reworks the traditional story of how wîsahkêcâhk snared the sun to make earth warmer and more comfortable, only to soon regret the calamitous consequences of his shenanigans!

pîsim pimâcihowin / The Sun Voyage and ispîhkacâhkosak kâ-nipicik / When Stars Die
pîsim pimâcihowin / The Sun Voyage and ispîhkacâhkosak kâ-nipicik / When Stars Die

Professor and poet Jesse Archibald-Barber sharestwo more of his Cree Star Stories poem in this second episode.

Star Gift
Star Gift

Jesse Barber shares two of his poems in Cree and English inspired by Cree Star Stories.